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Hilly roznordnosc, ie close encounters with the natives.

We return to our dear listeners after a long absence. None of our activity has been stuck due to some charming small towns. You can get stuck in Bolivia for several reasons: sraczki, lack of transportation, mudslides, or the charm of the place does not allow to leave it. There is another option, which essentially combines the previous - it actually happened to us in Samaipacie, but more on that later .....
After charming Tupizie went to the upper-most city in the world - Potosi 4070 m above sea level. Interesting place but rather chaotic, having a nice afternoon encounter with so much gas was actually depressing. In addition, Seba dotsal sraczki and the first day in the city .... it was difficult. As legends say
Potosi was the richest city of colonial Spain to the extent that the streets were paved with silver something like 300 years ago. Now, are lined with cobblestones and smiecmi and the city itself does not belong to the richest. With great splendor only remaining colonial architecture (UNESCO UNESCO) and the great silver mine. In fact, the towering mountain city is one big mine, which is open for over 400 years old and have so far absorbed about 8 million Existences people working in the abyss. For the colonial period originated on top of that about 70% of the world's silver. Kopolnia currently running at full speed and can be visited with a local guide. As that is the main attraction of the city we are also in August we went to visit the miners. The tradition is to buy gifts for the miners lkolanym mining market. It is a matter of space because the buying was mainly alcohol (97%), coca leaves i. ........... dynamite cock !!!!! And the matter was not that strange if it were not armed with dynamite laksa costs about AU $ 6 !!!!!!! and everybody can se how much they want to buy it wonders. It is true that the city authorities banned the tourists but it is Bolivia .... so none of these bans se does nothing :))))) Well so armed the teeth go in the black abyss Cerro Rico. Boat is not easy job as the boys, who tyraja here all day. Teens can meet and miners as well as splitting kobitki stones in search of minerals. The case is sad, sad as the reality of Bolivian miner. Gina here all the time, people, and the government is not bothered by either working conditions or any benefits for these people. So just
wtracimy that Bolivia is one big strike. All of the miners strike, mothers with children through other professions - doctors, teachers. Here, even the August strike against strikes. So the time wiekszasc main cities are blocked by the sad and chalasliwe parades of people who wanted to live on little more normal.

power in the hands of the people! that is dynamite for $ 6 USD

by hard dollars miner

coca leaves - apparently good at all

Wracjac to Potosi and our tour-przyzylismy nothing to land on the head and the mine itself is impressive. The area 20 km from the city are very nice hot springs so after all pomoczylismy ass in mountain landscapes. A wieczorekiem rozkoszowalismy August when Potosinie, the highest altitude brewery in the world.
Potosi is located far from other city already quite different, perl colonial architecture, Bolivia - Sucre. Historic inscribed on the UNESCO heritage list swiatowgo simply dazzles. To the city pulled the crowds of tourists, and for them - money. The dazzlingly white old MAISTO Sucre is well maintained, safe, and if slightly removed from the Bolivian rzeczyistosci. Beautifully situated among the mountains with lots of white churches in colonial times was also incredibly important center Overseas Spain.

Saturday's potancowa

Sucre. He has many such buildings

The city spent over a week, because the enchanted us and we also diarrhea (which is suffering tourists in Bolivia). As I wydobrzelismy and we have become forces we went to little popular trekking in the surrounding mountains, where he once ruled the great Inca. As there is little popular departure from the city itself was interesting. Zaladowlaismy August on a big truck with kulkudziesiecioma lokalsami others and their great possessions. Each had its 10 cm privacy. Also met two other adventurous gringo Alison Billy and together bladzilsmy mountain wilderness after three days. I digress here is not easy, because the mountains high, unmarked and the local reptile population only in the local dialect of Quechua Indian, so I ask for no easy way. Well, but we managed and was really sypatycznie knew in addition traces of dinosaurs T-rex and brontosaurus !!!!!! (In fact it was a giant chicken, and so we would not odruznili:))) Trekking This may be classified as special, for he was as a journey in time some 200 - 300 years. Sucre is near total modernity and 30 km further into the mountains, people live in mud huts without elektyki, Current Issues of water and the children go to school after 3 - 4 hours to the nearest school (after the mountains, and one hour after starting rozpozanja sun) so how a kid does not want to walk to school should send him to Bolivia. In Sucre Dinosaur Park is also the longest-preserved footprints of dinosaurs in the world (even exciting:)

'Bus "Suburban will take you almost everywhere:)

przedhiszpanska Path - leads people for over 700 years

About one step behind the T-Rex

Milo spent time in Sucre was completed 18 hour crossing to the bus in dul jungle to the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. In short you can say that we fled from there after one day. Nothing interesting in the second largest city of Bolivia, not to find. It is the richest city of the country but nothing captivates. As I later found out there is there an epidemic of Dengi, so the short stay we went to health. During our presence in the region of Santa Cruz died two children on dengue, it is such a damn thing because there is at present no vaccine or reliever medication.
So we left a piece of the national park around the town .... Amboro Samaipata (This is the beginning of the thread.) In principle, this plan was to visit a national park and a tad run away, but our paths are unaudited and for many reasons we stayed here longer:)))
Samaipata is an excellent place to relax, especially in the hostel Jardin. Incredibly friendly people scroll off during our stay. In addition, we were two days in a mysterious and dark forest in the clouds. It is amazing like Jurassic Park. giant ferns grow here - 1 m height equals 100 years, that is, as we saw after 12 ferns me more in the hell is the year 1000 and more. You can imagine the Krzystof se pee Columbus is Fern and many things are not changed by those few hundred years. And as time passed we generally blissful, lazy, and lightning speed. As with all of the Samaipacie know each other, also made friends with our guide Santiago. After a short conversation really believe in the fact that we will help him do a spout in his tiny cabin in the mountains. Floor in the end we placed but not two days we spent in the beautiful mountain scenery in a house with a fireplace and it was mega amazing. Well, but that trip is a journey in the end we had to leave this lovely place and go out again. The aim of the next okazlo August in La Paz where we are from yesterday and write this post now. Is high, betray just enough - the rest in the next episode :))))